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REPORTS 



OF THE CO^ilMITTEES APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE 

 PEESENT STATE OF 



STEAM CULTIVATION. 



VII. — The Report of the Inspection Committee {No. 1) deputed by 

 the Royal Agricultural Society of England to enquire into the 

 Results of Steam Cultivation in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, 

 Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Surrey, 

 Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire. 



The following instructions were Issued by the Society, for the 

 guidance of the three Inspection Committees. 



Each Committee will be furnished with : — 



1. A list of the farms in the district assigned to it on which steam culti- 

 vation has been adopted. 



2. The replies received from the owners of steam apparatus to the schedule 

 of questions addressed to them by the Society. 



3. A list of the farms selected for inspection. Although the Inspection Com- 

 mittees are not to consider themselves precluded from inspecting a farm which 

 is not on their list, on being satisfied that there are sufficient reasons for doing 

 so, it must be their object to limit themselves as nearly as possible to the 

 number of days allotted to the districts assigned to them. In order the better 

 to accomplish this they will be at liberty to omit inspecting any of the 

 selected farms which, from information received, they may consider not to 

 possess any especial interest, more particularly if distant from their main route. 

 In either case they will be expected to report to Hanover Square their reasons 

 for deviating from the prescribed list. In the exercise of this power the 

 Inspection Committee are requested to keep prominently in mind that one 

 of the main objects of the enquiry is to obtain a report of the results of 

 the adoption of different systems of cultivation, and of different kinds of 

 •steam apparatus, and tlieir power of adaptation to large or small farms, with 

 any other points which they may consider deserving of notice. 



4. The enquiry should be specially directed to the following particulars : — 



i. The depth and nature of the tillage, and its cost per acre, including 



the various items of expenditure for each kind of work. 

 ii. The age of the machine and the amount paid annually for repairs : 



the nature of breakages and^their causes. 

 iii. How far, by the adoption of steam cultivation, tlie drainage of 

 strong lands has been assisted, and the cropping of the farm been 

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